It looks like Murano, doesn' t it - but I think this is actually Bohemian, made at Chrbska and sold under the Bohemia label some time during eighties. A very similar vessel in clear, green and brown designed by L. Palecek in '76 was produced at Skrdlovice - I think designs wandered around the various factories.

I thought so Is it not so?I really honestly know very little about glass, I've just picked up things I liked here and there and I need to buy a film camera so I'm selling years of accumulated stuffI thought that Murano was 'better' than Bohemian from your post I suppose that this isn't the case

I like glass and I like nice things but I like film cameras more :wink:

I've sold things on ebay for a fraction of what I thought they were worth and I'd rather give stuff away to friends than sell it for peanuts.

The friends I have in mind who might like the ashtray have a funky groovy retro flat so for them they would love it. They’re not connoisseurs of glass, they just like funky retro looking stuff. They also smoke (yuk) so would have some practical use for the thing. Smoking makes me feel ill and ashtrays are of no use to me.

I also don’t want any complications or problems due to complaints about condition so I’m in 2 minds as to whether or not to sell it. :?

I also don’t want any complications or problems due to complaints about condition so I’m in 2 minds as to whether or not to sell it.

That's a good point. Once you say there's damage, you can kiss a decent price goodbye. Personally, I don't mind having damaged glass if it means I can get a nice piece that I wouldn't normally be able to afford!

...and I have a vase that has a totally smashed upper rim, but I just turn that to the back and hope no-one notices. :wink: :lol:

Thanks for re-sizing your pics, are they 858x538 now, or is it just my computer? For viewing on the board, they shouldn't be more than approximately 300x300 or similar, as any than that pushes the sides of the board out and you can't read the thread easily.